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Madero Restaurant

Madero Restaurant

Madero Restaurant is a bright and colorful restaurant in Guatemala City designed by Taller KEN architects. Fifteen-foot palm trees jut out of a colorful til floor, reaching up toward a skylight-filled ceiling.

MoMA Café

MoMA Café

A model of Taller KEN’s design for a cafe at the Museum of Modern Art.

Hija de Tigre Womenswear

Hija de Tigre Womenswear

An exterior photo of a womenswear retail store in Puerto Rico designed by Taller KEN. The store is made of interlocking block volumes with playful, summery colors.

Casa Lago Atitlán

Casa Lago Atitlán

Alessa Jewelry

Alessa Jewelry

Taller KEN designed Alessa Jewelry with soft pink walls and a central altar-like display table. Behind the table is a fiber art wall.

MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1

A drawing for Taller KEN’s design for the MoMA PS1 courtyard. The design was a Young Architects Program nominee.

Concepción Restaurant

Concepción Restaurant

Concepción features bold red forms that jut out of the project’s infill site. The gabled forms create both a striking exterior and cozy, warm interior nooks.

The Alloy Block

The Alloy Block

Casa Monitos

Casa Monitos

Casa Monitos embraces the natural forms and textures of its coastal Costa Rica surroundings. The interiors, designed by architects Taller KEN, reflect this permeability between interior and exterior, resulting in a home infused with delight and surprise that brings the beach home.

Concepción Restaurant

Concepción Restaurant

A drawing for Concepción showcases the project’s unique floorplan, which weaves between the site’s existing grid of supporting columns.

Zona 14 Canopy Café

Zona 14 Canopy Café

The Canopy Café features colorful skeins of locally-produced yarn hanging from a white open steel structure, celebrating the region’s local craft heritage.

Playa Chomo

Playa Chomo

A drawing for Playa Chomo traces the area marked by the project’s colorful elastic ribbons.

Okio Optometry

Okio Optometry

Okio Optometry uses architecture to highlight the retail store’s offerings with a pair of rounded openings that are a formal nod to a pair of eyeglasses.

Madero Restaurant

Madero Restaurant

A model of Madero Restaurant highlights the contrast between the boxy exterior, punctuated by car chassis, and the bright and colorful interiors.

Best Western Club Lounge

Best Western Club Lounge

The Club Lounge at the San Jose, Puerto Rico Best Western features jewel tones, lush greenery inside and out, and terrazzo tile.

Okio Optometry

Okio Optometry

An orthographic drawing of Okio Optometry by Taller KEN, showing the round pair of doors that serve as architecturally-integrated eyeglass iconography for the store.

Majadas Café

Majadas Café

Majadas is an open-air café with color tiles and custom wood-and-steel folding blinds.

7 Bancas

7 Bancas

7 Bancas is a dining space housed in an historic building in San José, Costa Rica. The open roof and bright color palette creates a breezy atmosphere opening onto a garden courtyard.

L'Osteria Antigua

L'Osteria Antigua

L’Osteria Antigua offers a modern gathering space within the Unesco World Heritage City, with an eclectic curation of furnishings and local artwork coming together with community- and arts-centered programming.

Care for Hudson Square

Care for Hudson Square

Parque O2

Parque O2

Colorful bamboo sticks are densely scattered across a sloping park in Costa Rica, creating a playful site activation.

Care for Hudson Square

Care for Hudson Square

Sorbet-colored stripes are painted on the streets of a New York City neighborhood. A proposal for a playful site activation to foster community.

Playa Chomo

Playa Chomo

Bright, tropical-colored elastic bands stretch over a plaza in Guatemala City to create a playful public space for gathering and events.

Dinamic Fitness

Dinamic Fitness

A neon yellow stair winds up the center of Dinamic Fitness gym, part of a dynamic design that melds branding and architecture.

Fabra Facade

Fabra Facade

A living “green wall” traces the covered balconies of a mid-rise residential building in Guatemala City, planted with native plantings that provide refuge for birds and local urban wildlife.

Zona 14 Menswear

Zona 14 Menswear

The bold form of white molded fiberglass molds around the protruding window frames to create a striking and sculptural exterior for the menswear concept store housed within.

Casa Las Vistas

Casa Las Vistas

Greenwich Village Kitchen

Greenwich Village Kitchen

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Madero Restaurant
MoMA Café
Hija de Tigre Womenswear
Casa Lago Atitlán
Alessa Jewelry
MoMA PS1
Concepción Restaurant
The Alloy Block
Casa Monitos
Concepción Restaurant
Zona 14 Canopy Café
Playa Chomo
Okio Optometry
Madero Restaurant
Best Western Club Lounge
Okio Optometry
Majadas Café
7 Bancas
L'Osteria Antigua
Care for Hudson Square
Parque O2
Care for Hudson Square
Playa Chomo
Dinamic Fitness
Fabra Facade
Zona 14 Menswear
Casa Las Vistas
Greenwich Village Kitchen

Contact Us

USA +1.917.363.7289
GUA +502 57172345
CRC +506 89783261

admin@tallerken.info

GUA

9 Avenida, 1-59, Z4
Edificio 414

Guatemala City,
Guatemala, 01004

CRC

Calle 5, Avenida 5
Edificio Solera Bennet

San Jose, 10101

NYC

96 Fifth Avenue #4J

New York, NY 10011,
United States


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